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Access to medicines as a human right : implications for pharmaceutical industry responsibility /
"According to the World Health Organization, one-third of the global population lacks access to essential medicines. Should pharmaceutical companies be ethically or legally responsible for providing affordable medicines for these people, even though they live outside of profitable markets? Can...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : access to medicines as a human right : what does it mean for pharmaceutical industry responsibilities? / Lisa Forman and Jillian Clare Kohler
- Human rights responsibilities of pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines / Rajat Khosla and Paul Hunt
- Improving access to essential medicines : international law and normative change / Asher Alkoby
- Corporate social responsibility and the right to essential medicines / Patricia Illingworth
- Benchmarking and transparency : incentives for the pharmaceutical industry's corporate social responsibility / Matthew Lee and Jillian Clare Kohler
- Social responsibility and marketing of drugs in developing countries : a goal or an oxymoron? / Joel Lexchin
- Managing the market for medicines access : realizing the right to health by facilitating compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals : a case study of legislation and the need for reform / Richard Eilliott
- Ubuntu, AIDS, and the King II report : reflections on corporate social responsibility in South Africa / Judith King and Stephanie Nixon
- Annex : human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines.